PC-002-470

Samarkand, Persian Hotel, Santa Barbara, California

 

 

 

Photographic paper: Kodak Velvet Green Paper

This Real Photo Post Card captures the terrace of the original Samarkand when it was a hotel from 1920 to 1940. According to a promotional sheet from the hotel, the name means "heart's desire." It had been Prynce Hopkins's "Boyland II," a private boys' school, starting in 1915. After he moved to Europe in 1918, his mother Mary Hopkins turned the property into a hotel, then sold it by 1937 to Alma Spreckles, after which it changed hands frequently, pausing only to be occupied by the Marines during World War II. The site was partially turned into a housing development, but 16 acres became a 21st-century retirement community with the same name. The surface of the print is a "semi-gloss," but no hint of the advertised color of the Kodak Velvet Green photographic paper can be seen. The photographic paper was in use from about 1908 through at least 1928.

Santa Barbara; The Samarkand Hotel; The Samarkand retirement community; Hotels; Private schools; Boys' schools; Retirement Communities; RPPC; Real Photo Post Cards; Kodak Velvet Green photographic papers

2550 Treasure Drive

California - Santa Barbara

 

 

MS-0008

 

 

Postcard

3.5 inches X 5.5 inches

No

 

 

 

Image

TIFF

20.44 MB